§1 Plant
Arundo donax L.
vernacular giant reed — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid, Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Arundo
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 62 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 7 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 220 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–65 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.8–7
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 9 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Spread rate
- None
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 62 counties across 8 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 22 I ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Marion 12083
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Polk 12105
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- Wakulla 12129
Georgia view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 8 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ARDO4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2703041 ↗Record version
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